Since the terrorist attacks, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of our people. From LearnThat.org.
They rode the same wave of popular patriotism. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
As in patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Tea Party protesters reportedly spit on one lawmaker, call others ‘fa–ot’ and ‘ni–er.’] Reference
To the Cheneys of the world, the term patriotism means being an american right winger and a nazi. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Calls Out Lynne Cheney For ‘Sniping At My Patriotism’] Reference
Here is what Goldberg writes today about the term patriotism and how Barack Obama, according to Goldberg, is not really a patriot at all. From Wordnik.com. [Larisa Alexandrovna: The Far-Right's Patriotism Problem] Reference
That kind of patriotism is nothing but a self-serving pursuit of one's own interests. From Wordnik.com. [Mikhail Gorbachev - Nobel Lecture] Reference
They place a premium on nationalism, which they call patriotism, and on what the Germans call. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
In The Rising of the Moon our patriotism is attacked, not openly, of course, but by innuendo. From Wordnik.com. [Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography] Reference
They place a premium on nationalism, which they call patriotism, and on what the Germans call Ordnung. From Wordnik.com. [���Christians��� Wink at Torture] Reference
Among the potent factors in developing and enriching our patriotism is the constant singing of our national anthem. From Wordnik.com. [The History and Significance of The National Anthem] Reference
Because patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. From Wordnik.com. [Some Political Notes] Reference
We'll see how their patriotism translates into policy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2008] Reference
For the right-wing, patriotism is a “non-cash transaction”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Steele: ‘Trust Me, After Taxes, A Million Dollars Is Not A Lot Of Money’] Reference
In the working class patriotism is profound, but it is unconscious. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion and the Unicorn] Reference
"It gives me the feeling patriotism is coming back to this country.". From Wordnik.com. [Heroes or Villains?] Reference
To be sure, it calls the patriotism of General Petraeus into question. From Wordnik.com. [So what's with congress anyway?] Reference
If nothing else, his overenthusiastic patriotism is terribly unEnglish. From Wordnik.com. [Pink ties excepted] Reference
What an amazing answer to those who feel that patriotism is dead and that. From Wordnik.com. [Loveletters from Vol 11] Reference
True patriotism is to a principle, not the accident of where you are born. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Wherein It Turns Out I Am Not Loyal to the US] Reference
In the light of this teaching, patriotism is seen in its religious character. From Wordnik.com. [Salute to Britain] Reference
The word patriotism is never spoken in an English household of this boy's class. From Wordnik.com. [The Soul of the War] Reference
If I may paraphrase Nurse Cavell's dying words: "Such patriotism is not enough". From Wordnik.com. [Educational Ideals] Reference
As George Orwell knew, patriotism is too important to be surrendered to the Tories. From Wordnik.com. [A defence of liberal patriotism] Reference
It believes in patriotism; it actually believes this nation had an inspired founding. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Cow! Candidate] Reference
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
We rekindled a pride in patriotism which had been scoffed about, sometimes in our own country. From Wordnik.com. [Leadership and Success in Sports] Reference
"I don't understand the modern meaning of the word patriotism," Kavun said in a telephone interview. From Wordnik.com. [The St. Petersburg Times] Reference
Democracy spelt anarchy, and the word patriotism was degraded in a way that had no parallel since the. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference
Snyder, his college coach, said Tillman never used the word patriotism when he explained his plans to enlist. From Wordnik.com. [A Heroic Life] Reference
But the essence and the heart of patriotism is to be always critical of what your politiicans trying to sell you. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 7, 2010] Reference
Their patriotism is so flaccid that they cannot understand a nation strengthened by diverse and disagreeing views. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Texas Board of Education cuts Thomas Jefferson out of its textbooks.] Reference
Theirs had been an adventure in Southern patriotism, and they made their farewells with dignity and mutual respect. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico]
He initially resisted wearing a flag pin because "my attitude was my patriotism is what's in my heart," Obama said. From Wordnik.com. [Obama reaching out to white working class] Reference
Perhaps it is time to redefine what the terms patriotism and citizenship really mean in the post-post-Cold War world. From Wordnik.com. [Cynthia Boaz: Independence Day for Everyone] Reference
Democracy spelt anarchy, and the word patriotism was degraded in a way that had no parallel since the French Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent]
Notice in the second clip that Wolf never mentions the word patriotism, nor is the word in the quote offered by Joe Klein. From Wordnik.com. [McCain On Maliki's Endorsement Of Obama's Pullout Timeline: He Didn't Mean It] Reference
Next the GOP came up with the word patriotism, as in Obama wasn't showing patriotism because he didn't wear a flag lapel pin. From Wordnik.com. [Paradise Post Most Viewed] Reference
Whatever it may be that conservatives mean by the word patriotism, it seems unlikely that liberals mean the same thing by it. From Wordnik.com. [Must Lapel Pins Remain Only the Refuge of Scoundrels] Reference
"What, in the fiend's name, then, has urged her to this mad act, if it be not what she and others as mad as she call patriotism?". From Wordnik.com. [The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History] Reference
You can wrap yourself in patriotism while you cut their benefits at home, and send them into places with insufficient body armor. From Wordnik.com. [No More Vietnams] Reference
I joined it under a stress of feeling I called patriotism, and I believed myself right till the sword was directed against my own breast. From Wordnik.com. [The Bronze Hand 1897] Reference
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